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Startup IT Structures Builds Virtual IT Environments
Is this scenario familiar to you? You are on a sales call and it’s going well. After a nice long conversation and a WebEx presentation, the customer says he thinks your software might be a good fit for his company. You think it’s a done deal. Then, “Can we try it out first?” That’s when…
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Gmail Service Outage Disrupts Users
Google sent an alert out through various social networking and conventional communications channel this morning that its e-mail service, Gmail, was unavailable to a “small subset of users” this morning and that it was working to correct the problem. Since the alert went out, Twitter and other social media channels have been buzzing about the…
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Gmail Outage Rattles Cloud Computing Confidence
Google is recruiting solution and managed services providers to its army of resellers that promote switching from expensive, client-side software packages such as Microsoft Office to the less-expensive, cloud-based Google Apps suite. Google’s promise to partners and paying subscribers: affordability and reliability. After the second email service outage this month, Google is fending off growing…
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Traditional Hosting Company iland Eyes the Cloud
iland is a perfect example of a company that is evolving during these cloudy times. The Houston-based company’s roots are that of a traditional hosting firm, with five data centers in the United States and one in London. But the company has turned its attention to the cloud, positioning itself as the behind-the-scenes data center…
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Test Driving Cloud Computing
While there’s plenty of excitement about the prospects of cloud computing, there remains just as much skepticism in the marketplace, especially within enterprises skittish about putting highly distributed mission-critical applications outside of their own domain. Duncan Johnston-Watt, founder and CEO of U.K.-based cloud software company Cloudsoft, understands that trepidation and wants to do something about…
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Selling Google Apps: One Partner’s Story
Many solution providers are unsure if there is real opportunity to be had in partnering with Google. The answer is yes. But the ones who will benefit most from the relationship appear will be those willing to make the greatest overall commitment. Just ask Shawn Wilke, president of Sheepdog Inc., a Nova Scotia-based company that…